ESFA PlayStation Schools’ Cup Finals 2017 – All You Need To Know

The ESFA are thrilled to be embarking on the fourth PlayStation Schools’ Cup Finals Festival, to take place at Derby County FC’s Pride Park Stadium from Monday 17 – Wednesday 19 May 2017.

About the ESFA PlayStation Schools’ Cup Finals 2017

Players from across England will be preparing to take centre stage at Derby County FC next week as they take part in the ESFA PlayStation Schools’ Cup Festival. From the 15– 17 May, 30 school finalists will be given the full match day experience, making their way to the Home or Away dressing room before walking out onto the hallowed turf at Pride Park. Teams have competed throughout the season through a number of knock-out rounds across the 18 PlayStation Schools’ Cup competitions and the finalists will now be looking forward to a first rate footballing experience at Pride Park, to determine who will become National Champions 2017.

With free entry for all attendees, the ESFA PlayStation Schools’ Cup Festival provides a memorable occasion for school friends, family members, general spectators and football fans alike, with over 5,000 spectators attending last year’s finals. As well as cheering on the Finalists, a series of spectator competitions and activities will contribute to the carnival atmosphere.

Further to this and following the success of last year’s newest addition, all 15 National Finals will be broadcast live, in HD and for free via the PlayStation Schools’ Cup website. Last year’s finals were viewed over 60,000 times and all games are given the full professional live TV treatment, with multiple camera angles, instant replays and a commentary team including former Liverpool and England defender, John Scales.

For those who can’t catch the action live, post-event highlights will be added to the PlayStation Schools’ Cup YouTube Channel, as well as a ‘Goals of the Festival’ compilation.

Come Along and Get Involved

We want to encourage as many people as possible to come along to Pride Park and enjoy the fantastic environment the Festival provides to all involved. Live football is enhanced by the atmosphere created by football fans and we hope to be able to give the 30 National Finalists a real buzz as they step out onto the pitch for their final game of the ESFA Season.

Entry to the stadium is FREE to all spectators, activities and refreshments kiosks are available for spectators to enjoy and purchase from and, most importantly, the festival provides a wonderful example to schools’ football teams of what they can aspire to achieve with hard work.

With 5 matches per day, each day, spectators can arrive at any time and be able to not only watch some fantastic football but also have the opportunity to get involved with any other activities dedicated for spectator entertainment – along with some fantastic and exciting surprise special guests!

Who Do You Support?

With such a huge range of teams from right across the country, you’re spoilt for choice on which teams to support – take a look at the Event Fixture Schedule here

Monday 15 May 2017

9:30am KO

U12 Schools’ Cup

Northampton School for Boys (Northampton)

V

Thomas Telford School

(Telford & Wrekin)

11:30am KO

U13 Schools’ Cup for Girls

St Ivo School

(Huntingdon)

V

Chesterfield High School

(Sefton)

1:30pm KO

U12 Schools’ Cup for B Teams

Wright Robinson College

(Manchester)

V

Whitgift School

(Croydon)

3:30pm KO

U14 Open Schools’ Cup

Ashfield School

(Mansfield & Ashfield)

V

The Oxford Academy

(Oxford City)

5:30pm KO

U15 Schools’ Cup for Girls

Heathside School

(Woking)

V

South Hunsley School

(East Riding)

Tuesday 16 May 2017

9:30am KO

U14 Schools’ Cup for B Teams

Carshalton Boys’ Sports College

(Sutton)

V

Audenshaw School

(Tameside)

11:30am KO

U13 Small Schools’ Cup

Ibstock Place School

(Richmond)

V

The De La Salle Academy

(Liverpool)

1:30pm KO

U13 Schools’ Cup for B Teams

Kingsdale School

(South London)

V

Walkden High School

(Salford)

3:30pm KO

U14 Small Schools’ Cup

Bury Grammar School Boys

(Bury)

V

St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School

(Slough)

5:30pm KO

U15 Small Schools’ Cup

Ellesmere Port Catholic High School

(Ellesmere Port)

V

Langley School

(Norwich)

Wednesday 17 May

9:30am KO

U12 Open Schools’ Cup

Riddlesdown Collegiate

(Croydon)

V

Thomas Telford School

(Telford & Wrekin)

11:30am KO

U13 Schools’ Cup

St Bede’s Catholic Middle School

(Redditch)

V

All Hallows Catholic School

(Aldershot & Farnborough)

1:30pm KO

U13 Open Schools’ Cup

Whitgift School

(Croydon)

V

Thomas Telford School

(Telford & Wrekin)

3:30pm KO

U14 Schools’ Cup for Girls

Rossett School

(Harrogate)

V

St Ivo School

(Huntingdon)

5:30pm KO

U15 Open Schools’ Cup

Nene Park Academy

(Peterborough)

V

Sandwell Academy

(Sandwell)

Keep Up Online

You can follow the progress of this season’s ESFA PlayStation Schools’ Cup Festival online across a number of channels – so login, follow, like, subscribe, tweet, retweet and show your support in whatever way you can!